Baylor seeks to hire one full-time
lecturer in Litigation Drafting and one full-time lecturer in Transactional Drafting within Baylor Law School. Baylor also
seeks to hire part-time temporary
adjunct lecturers in the Legal Analysis, Research, and Communications (LARC)
Program within Baylor Law School:
Lecturer (Transactional Drafting)
The
selected individual will have responsibility for teaching in the Legal
Analysis, Research & Communications (LARC) program. Responsibilities
include working collaboratively with other faculty members of the Baylor Law
Writing Program to create, teach and grade assignments for the LARC 4 course
(Transactional Drafting) and coordinating all of the writing efforts across all
three years of the curriculum to ensure consistency and best management of
resources. The ideal candidate will have at least three years of transactional
legal writing experience, including drafting and analyzing a variety of different
contracts and business entity governing documents.
Lecturer
(Persuasive Writing; Litigation Drafting)
The
candidate should have substantial experience in persuasive writing and
litigation drafting, including drafting appellate briefs and a variety of
different pleadings, trial motions, and similar work product. The selected individual will have
responsibility for teaching in the Legal Analysis, Research &
Communications (LARC) program, specifically LARC 3, our required persuasive
writing course, and LARC 5, our litigation drafting course. He or she will
teach several sections of both courses each year. He or she will be one of several LARC 3
instructors. With respect to the LARC 5 course, the candidate will be expected
to collaborate and coordinate project planning with instructors for the LARC 4
(transactional drafting). Thus, the ideal candidate will also have experience
in analyzing and drafting a variety of contracts. The candidate will share
additional responsibilities as well, such as periodically serving as a judge in
the Practice Court program and collaborating with other legal writing faculty
members to create problems for writing competitions.
Part-time
Temporary Adjunct Lecturer (LARC 5)
Baylor Law seeks an adjunct lecturer to teach a section of the
LARC 5 course, a course that focuses on litigation drafting. The candidate should have experience in
litigation drafting, including drafting a variety of different pleadings, trial
motions, and similar work product.
The Law School welcomes expressions of interest, especially
from candidates who will add to the diversity of our faculty. Remote teaching may be a possibility.
Candidates
must possess a juris doctor. You will be asked to provide a letter of interest;
curriculum vitae; transcripts, a list of three references in the application
process, and two writing samples demonstrating the candidate’s writing
style. Salary is commensurate with
experience and qualifications. For more information about the Baylor Law Legal
Writing Program, please visit https://www.baylor.edu/law/index.php?id=933907.
For more information about the positions, please go to: https://www.baylor.edu/law/facultystaff/index.php?id=980341.
Baylor Law
Baylor Law School strives, in the context of a Christian
commitment, to integrate excellence in teaching and scholarship to develop
lawyers who are able to practice law with competence, serve with compassion,
and provide effective and ethical leadership. To learn more about the Baylor Law School, and Baylor
University, please visit http://law.baylor.edu.
Baylor University
Located in Waco, Texas, Baylor University is the
oldest college in Texas. With a population of 21,000 diverse
students, Baylor is one of the top universities in the nation, having
been named an R1 institution by the Carnegie Classification in
January 2022. Baylor is also on the honor roll of the "Great Colleges to Work
For" from The Chronicle of Higher Education; Baylor
offers competitive salaries and benefits while giving faculty
and staff a chance to live in one of the fastest-growing parts of the state. Our
strategic plan, Illuminate,
guides the University as we continue to live up to Baylor's mission of
educating men and women for worldwide leadership and service by integrating
academic excellence and Christian commitment within a caring community.
Application
Instructions:
Applications will be reviewed beginning February 17, 2023,
and will be accepted until the position is filled. To ensure full
consideration, complete applications must be submitted by April 1, 2023.
Baylor University is a private not-for-profit university affiliated with
the Baptist General Convention of Texas. As an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity
employer, Baylor is committed to compliance with all applicable anti-discrimination
laws, including those regarding age, race, color, sex, national origin,
military service, genetic information, and disability. Baylor’s commitment to
equal opportunity and respect of others does not undermine the validity and
effect of the constitutional and statutory protections for its religious liberty,
including, without limitation, the religious organization exemption under Title
VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the religious exemption to Title IX of the
Education Amendments of 1972, and the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment
to the United States Constitution, among others. Baylor encourages women,
minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities to apply. EEO/M/F/Vets/Disabled
